New Jewish identities : contemporary Europe and beyond / edited by Zvi Gitelman, Barry Kosmin, András Kovács.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gitelman, Zvi Y.

Kosmin, Barry A. (Barry Alexander)

Kovács, András, 1947-

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Jewish diaspora.

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

xv, 365 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Gitelman (political science, Judaic studies, U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor) introduces 16 essays analyzing how Jews in the US, Israel, Europe, post-Communist countries, and South Africa define their identity and the implications of whether Jewishness is viewed in religious, ethnic, or cultural terms. Includes survey data tables. The co-editors are with the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, London, and Central European U., Budapest. Distributed by Books International. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Social identity in British and South African Jewry / Jacqueline Goldberg

Religious identity in the social and political arena: an examination of the attitudes of Orthodox and Progressive Jews in the UK / Barry Kosmin

Changing patterns of Jewish identity among British Jews / Stephen Miller

A typological approach to French Jewry / Régine Azria

'Jewishness' in postmodernity: the case of Sweden / Lars Dencik

Becoming Jewish in Russia and Ukraine / Zvi Gitelman

The Jewish press and Jewish identity: Leningrad/St. Petersburg, 1989-1992 / John D. Klier

Patterns of Jewish identity in Moldova: the behavioral dimension / Malka Korazim and Esther Katz

Jewish identity and the Orthodox Church in late Soviet Russia / Judith Deutsch Kornblatt

Looking out for one's own identity: Central Asian Jews in the wake of communism / Alanna E. Cooper

Jewish groups and identity strategies in post-communist Hungary / András Kovács

Particularizing the universal: new Polish Jewish identities and a new framework of analysis / Marius Gudonis

Polish Jewish institutions in transition: personalities over process / Claire A. Rosenson

Jewish identity in the United States and Israel / Charles S. Liebman

Notes towards the definition of 'Jewish culture' in contemporary Europe / Jonathan Webber

Jewish identity in transition: transformation or attenuation? / Charles S. Liebman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9639241628

OCLC:

51984737